I guess I need to vent a little bit. I love writing about anime characters, whether they are of my own creation or, in the works of fan fiction. I love the exaggeration, the humor, and I adore the vivid colors I see in my imagination of these characters exploring everything from the mundane to the wild Space Opera’s galloping across time and space. I really enjoy sharing my love with others, but I have to admit, it seems as though I’m alone in my adventure.
For years, I’ve attempted to run a role playing forum dedicated to the idea of role playing as anime characters, but the idea never took hold. Four years after I began that adventure the site still sits alone, dormant. Perhaps someday long-form text posting will recover, but I fear that most people that role play are just as content to post on something like Discord. And I know that it’s not only the site I created, but other role playing forum sites are struggling. Maybe I’m just a part of an older generation that is quickly being forgotten, or rather, left behind. I hate showing myself on camera. There’s just something downright creepy about that. I can’t explain it. I never liked the idea of “my fifteen minutes of fame”. I’d rather just type. Maybe because my brain doesn’t work as fast as it needs to, in the current modern age. Typing allows me to cut/paste and reorder my thoughts into something that’s actually readable. — Even though, I’ll probably just post this as a hot off the press post anyway.
Onto my creative writing pursuits. I have loved creating anime fiction since the first time I was in college. Back in 2006, I think it was, while I studied at Northern Kentucky University, I wrote a short story (which probably was really just a chapter one of a much longer story) about a prequel to a online role playing game (play by post) that a friend and I were playing. With his permission, I wrote the story, and my peers liked my story. My professor was disappointed. He wanted me to write something else. But the problem is that I’m not interested in writing about anything else. Anime is my passion, my excitement, my obsession even. I’ve tried writing in other genres, I just can’t seem to get into writing Science Fiction or Mythology, despite having an interest in these two areas.
Anyway, here I am, blissfully writing about anime fiction again. This is my third online publication space. The others I’m using, really testing, to see how well they work, and if I like the feel of them, meanwhile SubStack, I’m hoping to connect with other people who may enjoy this genre of fiction — at least, I hope to find others who enjoy my writing. So please SubStack peoples, am I alone here, or does anybody else enjoy the chaos that only anime can seem to invoke? Or perhaps, I’m using the wrong keywords.